5 Mosebog 7
1 Naar Herren din Gud faar indført dig i Landet, som du skal komme hen til, at eje det, og faar udkastet mange Folk for dig, Hethiter og Girgasiter og Amoriter og Kananiter og Feresiter og Heviter og Jebusiter, syv Folk, som ere mangfoldigere og vældigere end du,
“When the Lord your God will have led you to the land, which you will enter so as to possess it, and when he will have destroyed many nations before you, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations much more numerous than you, and more robust than you,
2 og Herren din Gud har givet dem hen for dit Ansigt, og du har slaget dem: Da skal du bandlyse dem; du skal ikke gøre Pagt med dem og ej bevise dem Naade.
and when the Lord your God will have delivered them to you, you shall strike them down unto utter annihilation. You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor shall you show any pity to them.
3 Og du skal ikke gøre Svogerskab med dem; du skal ikke give hans Søn din Datter, og hans Datter skal du ikke tage til din Søn.
And you shall not associate with them in marriage. You shall not give your daughter to his son, nor accept his daughter for your son.
4 Thi han skal bringe din Søn til at vige fra mig, og de skulle tjene andre Guder; og saa optændes Herrens Vrede imod eder, og han skal snart ødelægge eder.
For she will seduce your son, so that he will not follow me, and so that he will instead serve foreign gods. And the fury of the Lord will be enraged, and he will quickly destroy you.
5 Men saaledes skulle I gøre ved dem: I skulle nedbryde deres Altere og sønderslaa deres Støtter og omhugge deres Astartebilleder og opbrænde deres udskaarne Billeder med Ild.
So instead, you shall do this to them: overturn their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves, and burn up their graven images.
6 Thi du er et helligt Folk for Herren din Gud; Herren din Gud har udvalgt dig, at være ham til et Ejendoms Folk, fremfor alle Folk, som ere paa Jordens Kreds.
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you so that you would be his particular people out of all the peoples who are upon the earth.
7 Herren har ikke haft Lyst til eder og udvalgt eder, fordi I vare mangfoldigere end alle Folk; thi I ere det mindste iblandt alle Folk.
It is not because you surpass all the nations in number that the Lord has joined with you and has chosen you, for you are the least numerous of any people.
8 Men fordi Herren har elsket eder, og fordi han vilde holde den Ed, som han svor eders Fædre, har Herren udført eder med en stærk Haand, og han har frelst dig af Trælles Hus, af Faraos, Kongen af Ægyptens, Haand.
But it is because the Lord has loved you, and has kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers. And he has led you away with a strong hand, and he has redeemed you from the house of servitude, from the hand of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
9 Saa skal du vide, at Herren din Gud, han er Gud, den trofaste Gud, som holder Pagten og Miskundheden mod dem, som elske ham, og mod dem, som holde hans Bud, til tusinde Led.
And you shall know that the Lord your God himself is a strong and faithful God, preserving his covenant and his mercy for those who love him and those who keep his precepts for a thousand generations,
10 Og han betaler dem, som ham hade, øjensynligen, ved at lade dem omkomme; han skal ikke tøve med den, som hader ham, han skal betale ham øjensynligen.
and promptly repaying those who hate him, so as to utterly ruin them, without further delay, quickly rendering to them what they deserve.
11 Saa hold det Bud og de Skikke og de Befalinger, som jeg byder dig i Dag, at du gør efter dem.
Therefore, keep the precepts and ceremonies as well as the judgments, which I command to you this day, so that you may do them.
12 Og det skal ske, fordi I høre disse Befalinger og holde dem og gøre dem, da skal og Herren din Gud holde dig den Pagt og den Miskundhed, som han har tilsvoret dine Fædre.
If, after you have heard these judgments, you keep and do them, the Lord your God will also keep his covenant with you and the mercy that he swore to your fathers.
13 Og han skal elske dig og velsigne dig og mangfoldiggøre dig, og han skal velsigne dit Livs Frugt og dit Lands Frugt, dit Korn og din nye Vin og din Olie, dine Øksnes Affødning og dit Smaakvægs megen Yngel i det Land, som han har tilsvoret dine Fædre at ville give dig.
And he will love you and multiply you. And he will bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land: your grain as well as your vintage, oil, and herds, and the flocks of your sheep, upon the land about which he swore to your fathers that he would give it to you.
14 Du skal være velsignet fremfor alle Folk; der skal ingen ufrugtbar Han eller Hun være iblandt dig eller iblandt dit Kvæg.
Blessed shall you be among all peoples. No one will be barren among you of either gender, as much among men as among your herds.
15 Og Herren skal lade al Sygdom vige fra dig; og alle de ægyptiske slemme Sygdomme, som du kender, dem skal han ikke lægge paa dig, men lægge dem paa alle dem, som hade dig.
The Lord will take all sickness away from you. And the very grievous infirmities of Egypt, which you have known, he will not bring upon you, but upon your enemies.
16 Og du skal tilintetgøre alle de Folk, som Herren din Gud giver i din Vold, dit Øje skal ikke spare dem; og du skal ikke tjene deres Guder, thi det skal blive dig til en Snare.
You shall devour all the peoples, which the Lord your God will deliver to you. Your eye shall not spare them, neither shall you serve their gods, lest they be your ruin.
17 Naar du siger i dit Hjerte: Disse Folk ere mangfoldigere end jeg, hvorledes formaar jeg at fordrive dem?
If you say in your heart, ‘These nations are more than I am, so how will I be able to destroy them?’
18 da skal du ikke frygte for dem; du skal komme i Hu, hvad Herren din Gud gjorde ved Farao og ved alle Ægypterne,
do not be apprehensive. Instead, recall what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the Egyptians:
19 de store Forsøgelser, som dine Øjne saa, og de Tegn og de underlige Ting og den stærke Haand og den udrakte Arm, ved hvilken Herren din Gud udførte dig; saaledes skal Herren din Gud gøre imod alle de Folk, for hvis Ansigt du frygter.
the very great plagues, which your eyes saw, and the signs and wonders, and the powerful hand and outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God led you away. So will he do to all the peoples, whom you dread.
20 Og Herren din Gud skal endog sende Gedehamser paa dem, indtil de omkomme, som ere blevne tilovers, og som have skjult sig for dit Ansigt.
Moreover, the Lord your God will also send hornets among them, until he destroys and scatters all who have escaped from you, or who have been able to hide.
21 Du skal ikke forfærdes for deres Ansigt; thi Herren din Gud er midt iblandt dig, en stor og forfærdelig Gud.
You shall not fear them, for the Lord your God is in your midst: a great and terrible God.
22 Og Herren din Gud skal efterhaanden uddrive disse Folk for dit Ansigt; du kan ikke saa snart gøre Ende paa dem, for at de vilde Dyr paa Marken ikke skulle blive mange imod dig.
He himself will consume these nations in your sight, a little at a time, by degrees. You will not be able to destroy them all at once. Otherwise, the wild beasts of the earth might increase against you.
23 Og Herren din Gud skal give dem hen for dit Ansigt og forstyrre dem med en stor Forstyrrelse, indtil de ødelægges.
And so, the Lord your God will present them in your sight, and you shall slay them until they are thoroughly wiped away.
24 Og han skal give deres Konger i din Haand, og du skal udslette deres Navn fra at være under Himmelen; der skal ingen kunne staa imod dit Ansigt, indtil du har ødelagt dem.
And he shall deliver their kings into your hands, and you shall abolish their names from under heaven. No one will be able to withstand you, until you crush them.
25 I skulle opbrænde deres Guders udskaarne Billeder med Ild; du skal ikke begære Sølvet eller Guldet, som er paa dem, eller tage det til dig, at du ikke besnæres dermed; thi det er Herren din Gud en Vederstyggelighed.
Their graven images, you shall burn with fire. You shall not covet the silver or gold from which they have been made. And you shall not take for yourself anything from these, lest you offend, because this is an abomination to the Lord your God.
26 Og du skal ikke lade Vederstyggelighed komme i dit Hus, at du ikke skal blive en forbandet Ting, ligesom dette er; du skal helt væmmes med Væmmelse derfor og have stor Vederstyggelighed for det, thi det er en forbandet Ting.
Neither shall you carry anything of the idol into your house, lest you become accursed, just as it also is. You shall detest it like dung, and you shall abominate it like defilement and filth, because it is an accursed thing.”
